Heir to the Hohenstauffen house of Swabia. Marriage arranged to dtr of Isaac II Angelus Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Philip is a brother to Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, who arranged the marriage. Philip II of Swabia, youngest son of Frederick I the Barbarossa, of the house of Hohenstaufen, had been educated for the church, but resigned his "see" in 1192. Phillip of Swabia, of the house of Hohenstaufen, son of Frederick I the Barbarossa, succeeded his brother Henry VI as Emperor of Germany in 1197. He ruled until 1208, and was succeeded by Otto IV of Saxony, his son-in-law.